History Archives | The Heart of Louisiana

Missing Grave of a Louisiana Governor

For decades, the gravesite of a former Louisiana governor has been missing. In the mid-20th century, a cotton field replaced the …

A university researcher has reconstructed a catastrophic two-century-old hurricane that is among the worst to ever strike the City …

For nearly 300 years, a Catholic Church has stood on the site of the iconic Saint Louis Cathedral at Jackson Square in New …

One of the stars of aviation in World War II grew up on a north Louisiana farm, and his first command was working for the Chinese …

Riding the rails The Huey Long Bridge, located a short distance upriver from the City of New Orleans, has been moving rail cars …

Fort Jackson, a nearly two-century old stronghold on the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana, was the site of a ferocious …

The rifle shot echoed through the tall pine trees of the Kisatchie National Forest, a shot that killed the last buffalo in …

The plan was for the Fullerton sawmill in Louisiana to stay in operation for generations. But in only 20 years, the historic …

Louisiana's Fort Polk was at the center of preparations by the U.S. Army to modernize its fighting forces and strategies for the …

Some of the old buildings at Louisiana's Frogmore Plantation are from the days of slavery, and recently found slave narratives add …